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Past News Articles
With
development at stake, Carmel looks at open space law
Bondi
letter outlines land-preservation push
Residents
reflect on county's evolution
Fewer
homes proposed
for Burdick Farms
Developers
may sue Putnam County over Kent Acres
Capuchin
Friary bought for open space
Links
housing spurs open space debate in Carmel
Development
along Interstate 84 changing Putnam's landscape
Zoning
board supports use of Golf Course as Open Space for The Links Development
Yorktown
Open Space Plan Blocked
THE JOURNAL NEWS, (Original publication: June 24, 2001)
A novel plan by local politicians to tax each property owner $30 for an open
space preservation fund has been squashed by members of the New York state
Assembly, who call it unfair, unprecedented and possibly illegal.
Southeast,
Putnam seek to purchase farm
THE JOURNAL NEWS, June 18, 2001
County and town officials are working to
acquire a thoroughbred farm on Route 312 in Southeast and preserve its prized
views of open sky, rolling hills and green pastures.
Ridgefield Votes for Open Space
Danbury News-Times, May 17, 2001
Ridgefielders bit the bullet on taxes and easily approved next
years $75.5 million budget Tuesday. But they sweat bullets over another vote that
didn't even count.
Woman
gives 15 acres for nature preserve
Journal News
Open
space may go to vote
Journal News, April 18, 2001
Putnam County legislators are debating
whether to ask voters if they want to spend an unspecified amount of tax
money to purchase open space, but state election officials say that may
not be possible.
Open
space runs into home rule
Journal News, March. 22, 2001
Countywide support for holding a $10 million referendum on open
space preservation may be eroding, the second time the idea has been floated,
only to fade away.
Open
space issue on hold
THE JOURNAL NEWS,
Feb. 21, 2001
Putnam County legislators will likely wait until
early summer to decide whether they will hold a referendum this November on
spending $10 million for open space preservation, said Legislator Sam Oliverio,
D-Putnam Valley.
Putnam
legislators to vote on land takeover
THE JOURNAL NEWS,
Feb. 6, 2001
Little by little over the past 16 years, Putnam County officials
have taken more than 1,500 acres whose owners didn't pay their taxes and
designated it as "forever green."
Route
6 swamp might become a nature sanctuary
THE JOURNAL NEWS, Jan. 20, 2001
Land off Route 6, described as a swampy "wasteland," could become a
pristine lake or county nature preserve if a handful of state and federal
agencies sign off on a proposal from a local philanthropist.
Voters
favor open spaces
THE JOURNAL NEWS, November 9,
2000
"Local woodlands and fields -- open space -- came out on top with the
electorate."
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